Brave New World Vocab

Question 1

Abject

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-very humble : feeling or showing shame
-very weak : lacking courage or strength
(Abject fear)

Question 2

Apoplectic

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-of a kind to cause or apparently cause stroke ; also : greatly excited or angered

Question 3

Asceticism

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-relating to or having a strict and simple way of living that avoids physical pleasure

Question 4

Burgeon

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• to send forth new growth (as buds or branches) : sprout, bloom
• to grow and expand rapidly : flourish

Question 5

Corporeal

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• having or consisting of a physical body or form

Question 6

Deferential

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-showing or expressing deference (a way of behaving that shows respect for someone or something)

Question 7

Derision

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• the feeling that people express when they criticize and laugh at someone or something in an insulting way

Question 8

Fulminate

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-to complain loudly or angrily

Question 9

Heretical

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-of, relating to, or characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards : unorthodox

Question 10

Importunately

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• making repeated or annoying requests or demands

- causing annoyance or trouble

Question 11

Incandescence

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• the quality or state of being incandescent; especially : emission by a hot body of radiation that makes it visible

Question 12

Incarnadine

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-having the pinkish color of flesh

Question 13

Inculcate

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• to cause (something) to be learned by (someone) by repeating it again and again

Question 14

Indecorous

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• not decorous : conflicting with accepted standards of good conduct or good taste

Question 15

Indefatigable

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• able to work or continue for a very long time without becoming tired

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Inexorable

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• not able to be stopped or changed

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Innocuous

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• not likely to bother or offend anyone

- causing no injury

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Largesse

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• the act of giving away money or the quality of a person who gives away money; also : money that is given aw

Question 19

Magnanimous

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• having or showing a generous and kind nature

Question 20

Moribund

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• no longer active or effective : close to failure

- very sick : close to death

Question 21

Odious

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-causing hatred or strong dislike

Question 22

Paroxysm

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• sudden strong feeling or expression of emotion that cannot be controlled

Question 23

Posthumous

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• happening, done, or published after someone’s death

Question 24

Prodigious

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• amazing or wonderful : very impressive

- very big

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Ruminate

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• to think carefully and deeply about something

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Sententious

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• given to or abounding in aphoristic expression

- given to or abounding in excessive moralizing

Question 27

Stigmata

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• a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something

Question 28

Superfluous

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• beyond what is needed : not necessary

Question 29

Turpitude

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• a very evil quality or way of behaving

Question 30

Truculently

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• easily annoyed or angered and likely to argue